The police said a man was taken into custody. The victim had been seated in a subway car at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station on Sunday morning when a man set her on fire.

A "person of interest" was taken into custody Sunday in connection to the death of a woman who was set on fire on a New York City subway train, authorities said.

A group of everyday subway riders delivered some street justice to a crazed man who randomly grabbed a screaming woman on a ...

Woman lit on fire and killed on NYC subway identified, NYPD says 00:31. NEW YORK -- The woman who was set on fire and burned to death on a New York City subway car has been identified as Debrina ...

A man has been charged with murder after allegedly setting fire to a woman aboard a subway train in New York early Sunday. Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, of Guatemala was charged Monday afternoon ...

In December 2024, a woman was brutally set on fire in a New York City subway. She has now been identified as 57-year-old Toms River, New Jersey, resident Debrina Kawam .

NYPD continues to speak to person of interest in burning death of woman on NYC subway 02:02. NEW YORK -- A woman died after she was set on fire while sleeping on a New York City subway car Sunday ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Police arrested a man they said set a woman on fire while she appeared to be asleep on a New York City subway train on Sunday morning, killing her. The woman, who has not been ...

A woman who died after being set on fire on a New York City subway train this month has been identified, according to police.. The woman was named as Debrina Kawam, 57, of Toms River, New Jersey ...

Woman set on fire in NYC subway is finally identified Sebastian Zapeta is accused by prosecutors of lighting Debrina Kawam on fire on a stopped F train at Brooklyn’s Coney Island station one ...

Vigil held for woman set on fire in NYC subway as identity remains a mystery Sebastian Zapeta, 33, was arrested on murder and arson charges in the woman’s death Monday, and appeared in front of ...